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Post-War Other 1965 Triumph Vitesse Spider Convertible

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Yeah...I saw that...no idea what it's suppose to look like.
 
Thanks Jeff, but just where in the heck does the Spider part come in? I think of things named "Spider" to be a sportscar.
 
Paul, I think the "Spider" bit is in the owners mind. If an Alfa or Fiat convertible is a "Spider", then a Triumph must be too?
I've certainly never heard of any Triumph "Spiders". Found some in a Spit once, though. Big black suckers, with orange hourglass markings on them. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Jeff
 
There are also a few pictures of the Vitesse -- and the virtually identical Sports 6 -- at my web site. Should anyone call on this, I'd love to get at least a commission number (VIN) for my Database (link in my .sig file).

And yeah, the "Spider" part is probably what anyone used to Fiats calls a convertible! But to my knowledge, it was only used as a name for a particular TR7 special edition.
 
You are only about what... five hours away Andrew? Road Trip would be nice for you. You could take home a friend.
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You are only about what... five hours away Andrew? Road Trip would be nice for you. You could take home a friend.
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[/ QUOTE ]Uh, yeah, ok. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

Actually, I'd love to; it would go nicely with the over a dozen OTHER Triumph projects I've allowed to follow me home over the years! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

But it might just be a good project for someone. Not that you can make money restoring these any better than you can any other British car, but top-flight, show-winning Sports 6s have sold for $15,000-20,000 or more in the last several years!
 
Not my style of car.....But I wonder how bad this one actually is?
 
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Thanks Jeff, but just where in the heck does the Spider part come in? I think of things named "Spider" to be a sportscar.

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Actually it is probably a Phaeton which would be a convertible with at least two rows of seats.

"PHAETON - it means opened top car with four seats. French term taken from the Greek "Phaeton" who drove the chariot of his sun-god father, Helios. A small four door open touring car."

https://www.buyclassiccars.com/glossary.asp

most people however do not require 4 doors, and historically this has been used for cars with more than 4 seats such as the big convertible Dusenbergs which clearly were NOT sports cars.
Incidently Jeep called the original CJs a "2-door Phaeton"
Yisrael
 
If I'm not mistaken, "spyder" means convertable in Italian. I think I read that somewhere. Isn't there at least one Italian speaker on the board that can confirm or repute this?
 
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Actually it is probably a Phaeton which would be a convertible with at least two rows of seats.

"PHAETON - it means opened top car with four seats. French term taken from the Greek "Phaeton" who drove the chariot of his sun-god father, Helios. A small four door open touring car."...Incidently Jeep called the original CJs a "2-door Phaeton"

[/ QUOTE ]Oh, if only someone had managed to successfully explain the term "Phaeton" to VW management! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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If I'm not mistaken, "spyder" means convertable in Italian. ...

[/ QUOTE ]That’s correct.

Either spyder or spider are taken to mean any open top car.

In Italy a full open top convertible may be called a cabrio, shortened from the French term cabriolet. While a panel top with some surrounding bodywork is called a Targa. Both would still be called spiders.

The Targa top “Magnum PI” Ferrari is a 308GTS; 3 liter, 8 cylinder, Gran Turismo, Spyder just as the fully open “Ferris Bueller” Ferrari is (a replica of) a 250GT Spyder California.


PC.
 
It’s doesn’t have to be Italian, any convertible is a spider.

And if it backfires a lot, then it’s a barking spider.
 
So that means the TR6 is a "Spider"? Wasn't it a Ghia body design? I could be wrong on that one, so I'm asking, not stating fact.
 
Karmann, German company, they made the VW 'Karmann Ghia' and they still produce many things for VW/Audi.

So TR6's could speak with a slight German/English accent in a "cars' type movie. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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